A $4.3 million haul in 24 hours. Good enough to rattle Frum.
Frum tries to belittle the achievement by comparing it to Ralph Nader's
$8 million fundraising in 2000. But over half that in mere hours? The
Ron Paul phenomenon is real. The Christianists and neocons will decry
it because it affects their power over the GOP. And because when a
conservative stands for freedom again, it resonates and threatens them.
Congrats, Congressmen - and everyone who is pulling for him. Whatever
happens in this race, Paul's candidacy has already provided a focus for
all of those conservatives who despise the big-spending, unchecked
executive, busy-body, Christianist wing of the GOP. And all those
liberals who know that a new politics - centered around individual
freedom and global peace - needs to be born.
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at 11:52 on November 6th, 2007
From blogger Andrew Sullivan:
A $4.3 million haul in 24 hours. Good enough to rattle Frum.
Frum tries to belittle the achievement by comparing it to Ralph Nader's
$8 million fundraising in 2000. But over half that in mere hours? The
Ron Paul phenomenon is real. The Christianists and neocons will decry
it because it affects their power over the GOP. And because when a
conservative stands for freedom again, it resonates and threatens them.
Congrats, Congressmen - and everyone who is pulling for him. Whatever
happens in this race, Paul's candidacy has already provided a focus for
all of those conservatives who despise the big-spending, unchecked
executive, busy-body, Christianist wing of the GOP. And all those
liberals who know that a new politics - centered around individual
freedom and global peace - needs to be born.